Improvement in brooms



J. & T. RONEY.

BROOM.

No. 191,373. Patented May 29,1877.

mrussszs: INVENTIIBrS mFEIERS. PNDTO-LITHOGRAPMER. WASHINGTON D UNITEDJAMES RONEY, OF SCOTLAND, MISSOURI, AND THOMAS RONEY, OF HYDE PARK,ILLINOIS. I

IMPROVEMENT IN BROOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l9l,378, dated May 29,1877 application filed April 30, 1877. v

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JAMES RONEY, ofScotland, in the county of Jasper and State of Missouri, and THOMAS30mm, of Hyde Park, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Stock for Brooms, Brushes. andMops, of which the following is a specification Figure 1 is a side Viewof our improved stock. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same takenthrough the line at m, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved stock for brooms,brushes, and mops, which shall be simple in construction and convenientand reliable in use, holding the filling firmly, and being readilyfilled.

The invention consists in the combination of the seamless stock, ribbedupon its inner surface, and provided with a screw-collar, the movableclamps ribbed upon their outer surfaces, and the handle made with aconical forward end, and having a screwthread formed upon it, with eachother, as hereinafter fully described. 1 Y

A is the stock, which is cast in one piece, without seam or joint, andin open-work, or skeleton form, to make it light. Upon the inner surfaceof the lower part of the stock A are formed ribs a to sink into thefilling and hold it securely from being drawn out.

B are two parallel clamping-plates, which are hung from the upper partof the stock by wires 0, of such a length that the said plates B maybejust within the mouth of the stock A. Upon the outer sides of theplates B are formed ribs 12, to sink into the filling and hold it frombeing drawn out.

Upon the top of the stock A is formed a collar, (1., which has ascrew-thread cut in its inner surface, to receive the screw-thread outupon the lowerpart of the handle D. The lower end of the handle D ismade conical, so as, when the said handle is screwed down, to enterbetween the plates B and press them apart, clamping the filling betweentheir ribbed outer surfaces and the ribbed inner surface of the stock A,and holding said filling securely. v

Having thus described our invention, We claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent The combination of the seamless stock A, ribbedupon its inner surface, and provided with a screw collar, the movableclamps B, ribbed upon their outer surfaces, and the handle D, madewith aconical forward end, and having a screw-thread formed upon it, with eachother, substantially as herein shown and described.

JAMES HONEY. THOMAS BONEY. Witnesses:

F. S. WRIGHT, I. H. ROBERSON, S. W. MGGREADY, MATH. J OHNSON-

